Part 7:
"You know... I missed her a lot these two years."
"I'm sure she missed you. I know she did."
"I was so blind! I was so stupid to admit to myself I was falling in love with her that I lost her to Luka."
"Would you drop it? You didn't lose her to Luka! You just didn't take your chance! But in the end who won this? Who won? You did! Be happy you got another chance."
"Yeah, but I couldn't get what I wanted."
"What else do you want Carter? You got her back again, you got her pregnant again. What could you possibly want?"
"Her! I want her!"
"But you can't have! Not anymore!"
I took a time to think about an answer and I absorbed something Susan said.
"What you mean pregnant again?"
"Where the hell you got that from?"
"You! You said it!"
"No I didn't."
"Come on Susan! I want to know. Was Abby carrying my baby?", I noticed she didn't answer, "Was she, Susan?"
"Yeah okay! She was!"
"And I only get to know it three years later!"
"Well... you never bother to know. You didn't bother to know how she felt. You only had eyes for yourself. You didn't think about anything else. You didn't care if you had hurt her heart and feelings. You just didn't give a damn about it!"
"It was her fault. She should have told me! Things would be different. We would be married now. And have kids too."
"Well... she didn't want to ruin your plans."
"That was more important than my plans, wasn't that? Family means a lot to me, you know it!"
"I don't know. I never slept with you remember?"
"Wait a moment. What does that have to do with this?"
"Nothing. Nothing. Just forget it."
There was a long silence. We both were trying to calm down.
"You know... when you said sometimes you got the feeling I wanted to be in other place?"
"Yeah."
"I didn't want to be in other place. I wanted to be with someone else. My life was off track and I didn't notice that."
"Carter."
"I got involved with a teenager, I injected drugs, I smoked, I drank, I got stabbed. Life is great huh?", I said ironically.
"You know... it doesn't have to be the same this time."
"I don't think you're getting it. I just lost my soulmate... forever! Forever! Is it pleasant for you?"
"No. It's not!", She paused for some seconds and breathed deeply, "Carter, calm down. This will only make us angrier at each other."
"Yeah, you're right."
"So you got involved with a teenager? Really?"
"Yeah I did."
"Oh... I didn't know you liked babies."
"I don't", I laughed awkwardly, "She wasn't a teenager, believe me."
"You slept with her?"
I said nothing. I only looked away feeling ashamed.
"Did she know it?"
"Who?"
"Abby."
"Yeah."
"And what did she say?"
"She was Britney Spears' little siste."
"Hey."
"Hey."
"You got a minute?"
"Sure. What's up?"
"I just had uh... I just had lunch with Rena and I think there's a problem."
"What she, uh, chews with her mouth open?"
"She's young"
"So, you're not exactly an old man yourself. You could use someone to loosen you up a little bit."
"She's really young."
"What is she, like, 23 or something? 22? Is she 20?"
"In September."
"She's a teenager. Carter!"
"I didn't know!"
"You didn't ask?"
"Women don't like to tell you their age."
"Well, she's not a woman. She's a girl."
"Oh, she's a woman. Believe me."
"Did you sleep with her? Oh my God. You did."
"I didn't know!"
"You couldn't tell? Did you break up with her?"
"Not yet."
"What are you waiting for? she grins You gonna call your lawyer?"
"Well, she's very mature for her age. You know, she's cool, she's fun..."
"She's Britney Spears' little sister."
"Thank you."
"Typical of Abby."
We both smiled as we remembered good old moments.